Alex V. Cipolle | MPR, Author at Sahan Journal

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Latino group kicks off $20M campaign to build museum in historic St. Paul neighborhood

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR January 22, 2025January 22, 2025

The Minnesota Latino Museum, which hopes to open by 2029, would be the first of its kind in the Upper Midwest.

ARTS & CULTURE, NEWS PARTNERS

Curator’s firing, allegations of toxic work environment shake Minneapolis Institute of Art

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR February 23, 2024February 23, 2024

Wakpa Triennial Festival showcases artwork across Minnesota

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR June 26, 2023June 26, 2023

Black women and femme designers focus on joy in new exhibit

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Snow sisters: Team Kwe, the only all-women Indigenous snow sculpture team in the U.S.

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Minneapolis Institute of Art welcomes Valéria Piccoli, its first curator of Latin American art

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Arts

Artist Leslie Barlow mixes nostalgia, joy in creating the 2022 Minnesota State Fair commemorative artwork. She’s the first Black woman commissioned for the task.

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR June 9, 2022June 10, 2022

Photographer Nancy Musinguzi takes portraits of queer, immigrant people in Minnesota. But they tell their own stories.

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR September 16, 2021September 17, 2021